Strauss & co - 8 October 2012, Cape Town

156 A French spelter figural lamp, ‘L’Etude Affranchit La Pensée’, after Emile Louis Picault (1833- 1915) modelled with the figure of a young man seated on an eagle, his right hand supporting a flaming torch, with frosted globe, 82cm high, on a rouge marble plinth, 108cm high (2) R8 000 – 10 000 157 A French bronze figural group, ‘Knowedge’, after Jean Louis Gregoire (1840-1890) cast with two classical maidens reading a manuscript, on an oval base, signed, 50cm high R20 000 – 30 000 155 157 158 158 A bronze figure of a mounted cavalry officer, French, late 19th century indistinctly signed Cn G Ruille, modelled bearing a military standard in his right hand, on a shaped octagonal base, 73cm high, 60cm long R50 000 – 80 000 part lot 57